What if Chocobo Companion was Replaced with a Trust System?

[Soge01]

In that case, we all need you to level up your chocobo.

Stuff their Chocobo full of Thav Onions!!! But... Then it may evolve into a Fat Chocobo. xD

You want to dress the Vath Deftarm in Ravana Barding?

Dang it, now I need this, lmao!

Could work for squadrons but for everything else it'd mean walking spoilers everywhere. Imagine leaving the starting city and you see story/side story npcs everywhere.

Maybe a "hide" feature or something so as to hide the spoiler trusts for individual players? :0

Not sure how it would work..,
Unless they're invisible to all except for buffs on you're person to let others know your using them.., since i don't know how much usage they'd be each time they're called out.<interesting idea.., though the question I have, like I said.., is how this will affect things server wise.>
by which I mean they could end up being Glorified DoTs/HoTs like Esteem.

I'm honestly not sure. I just assume they'd function like our Chocobo companion, though upgraded. :/

[hagare]

long as you don't touch muh chicken.
I've been fattening him up for a reason

[Renalt]

I'd be for this. I could go do a dungeon with Sadu and if we are down there for 30 minutes and then you start hearing me scream bloody murder as it echoes down the cavern...you can just walk away and not ask questions cause you might be next!

[Soge01]

long as you don't touch muh chicken.
I've been fattening him up for a reason

Are you trying to make your Chocobo THICC for their Instagram debut? :3

I'd be for this. I could go do a dungeon with Sadu and if we are down there for 30 minutes and then you start hearing me scream bloody murder as it echoes down the cavern...you can just walk away and not ask questions cause you might be next!

I can imagine going to the Aurum Vale with Sadu and she just runs ahead of me, cackling like a maniac while blowing up everything in her way. xD

[Espon]

Could work for squadrons but for everything else it'd mean walking spoilers everywhere. Imagine leaving the starting city and you see story/side story npcs everywhere.

One thing WoW did was make NPCs you were escorting appear differently to other players. To you, you're traveling with some important character, but to another player it just shows up as a generic mage or whatever. That way other players aren't spoiled and you won't see a bunch of Y'shtolas running around.

[RitsukoSonoda]

maybe use squadron members as companion NPCs. Not Trusts.

Though I wouldn't mind an expansion on the Chocobo adding more to it so it can start doing things like spamming choco meteors like the fate boss in bozja... >.>

Also mass petition to allow BLU into Bozja/Eureka just so we can spam choco meteor on that little SOB... <.<

[Alleo]

Honestly I would love if they would do more with our chocobo first. Maybe update it because mine likes to barely heal me than dance on my corpse...If we do get other NPCs outside of dungeons though, then I also want to take my chocobo with me in unsynch dungeons too. Just to make it fair.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Honestly I would love if they would do more with our chocobo first. Maybe update it because mine likes to barely heal me than dance on my corpse...If we do get other NPCs outside of dungeons though, then I also want to take my chocobo with me in unsynch dungeons too. Just to make it fair.

Idk... Mine most of the time feels like it's played by a 4year old child that's been sat in front of a panel full of buttons... It tends to spam every skill it has lol.

[UnrealTai]

Not sure how it would work..,
Unless they're invisible to all except for buffs on you're person to let others know your using them.., since i don't know how much usage they'd be each time they're called out.<interesting idea.., though the question I have, like I said.., is how this will affect things server wise.>
by which I mean they could end up being Glorified DoTs/HoTs like Esteem.

FFXI already does this exactly like OP asks and it works just fine. If not one of the best and only reasons to go back to XI

Its actually where trusts even came from

Spoilers. Not really. XI does it and no one considered it spoilery at all

[Soge01]

FFXI already does this exactly like OP asks and it works just fine. If not one of the best and only reasons to go back to XI

Its actually where trusts even came from

Spoilers. Not really. XI does it and no one considered it spoilery at all

Mhm, played FF11 a few months ago as a new player and saw a Shantotto Trust and a bunch of other NPCs following a higher level players through the Tarutaru region's plains. Wasn't even concerned about any spoilers. Was more curious and slightly scared of seeing a demonic looking Shantotto floating around with elemental energy balls flowing around her. Dissidia absolutely fails for not showing this awesome yet terrifying side of her, lol! xD

Though, that's myself personally. Never really minded spoilers but wouldn't surprise me if a lot of others do when it comes to anything FFXIV story related. So having a little saftey often to disguise certain Trusts as generic NPCs, as another person posted here, would be for the best so as to make sure everyone is happy without another big FFXIV drama arising.